Pope Agatho
Agatho,
pope from
678 to
681, was born in
Sicily. He is noteworthy as the pope who ordered St.
Wilfrid to be restored to his bishopric at
York in
679, and as the first to cease payment of the tribute hitherto paid on election to the emperor at
Constantinople. It was during his pontificate that the
Sixth Ecumenical Council was held at
Constantinople, to which he sent his legates and those from a Roman council held in
679. Agatho died on
January 10,
681.